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<h2 class="heading2">Configuring Plesk for Database Hosting</h2>
<p class="bodytext">You can host users' databases either on a single server or on a number of different servers. Having the user databases on a remote server can be useful in multi-server installations, where centralized database hosting can be preferable for administration, backup, and resource utilization. However, if you have a single Plesk server, you are advised to keep all databases on it.</p>
<p class="procedureheading">To use remote database servers with your hosting machine, you need to:</p>
<ol class="procedurelistnumber"><li class="procedurelistnumber">Set up a remote database server:<ol class="procedurelistnumber2"><li class="procedurelistnumber2">Install MySQL or PostgreSQL software.</li><li class="procedurelistnumber2">Set up database administrator's account.</li><li class="procedurelistnumber2">Enable network access to the database server.</li></ol></li><li class="procedurelistnumber">Configure Plesk for working with your remote database server.</li></ol><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
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